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1 phone call. 1 hour. No names. No holds barred. Thats the premise behind Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, hosted by comedian Chris Gethard (the Chris Gethard Show, Broad City, This American Life, and one of Time Outs 10 best comedians of 2015). Every week, Chris opens the phone line to one anonymous caller, and he cant hang up first, no matter what. From shocking confessions and family secrets to philosophical discussions and shameless self-promotion, anything can and will happen! T ...
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Dead Eyes

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Actor/comedian Connor Ratliff (The Chris Gethard Show, UCB, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) embarks upon a quest to solve a very stupid mystery that has haunted him for two decades: why Tom Hanks fired him from a small role in the 2001 HBO mini-series, Band Of Brothers.
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Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions

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Not just another bad movie podcast, Blank Check reviews directors' complete filmographies episode to episode. Specifically, the auteurs whose early successes afforded them the rare ‘blank check’ from Hollywood to produce passion projects. Each new miniseries, hosts Griffin Newman and David Sims delve into the works of film’s most outsized personalities in painstakingly hilarious detail. Produced by Ben Hosley.
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The Spark Parade

Adam Unze - Music & Film Interviews

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What’s the one album or film that changed everything for you? On The Spark Parade, host Adam Unze sits down with actors, musicians and other cultural icons to explore the music and movies that ignited their creative journeys. Each episode is a deep dive into a single transformative work of art — from cult classics to chart-topping albums — and how it continues to shape their lives and careers. You’ll hear from artists like Margaret Cho, Maya Hawke, Chris Gethard, Beth Ditto, Bob The Drag Que ...
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What’s the most puzzling dream you’ve ever had? Maybe it was a fear dream, a love dream, a death dream, a recurring dream… or just complete nonsense. Ever wonder what it could possibly mean? Chris Gethard (Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People) and Gary Richardson are here to help you figure it out. On their new podcast, In Your Dreams, Chris and Gary team up to help you unravel the mysteries of the dream world. Listeners are invited to call (810) DREAM-68 and record the story of their mos ...
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I’m Bon Vivant, and professional talker, David Cross. I’ve been talking professionally for well over forty years. I’m good at it. I truly love a conversation that follows no specific linear train of thought but can start about the 2004 Red Sox and minutes later has become an in-depth look at the Iran/Contra hearings (with a detour about the best breakfast tacos in Austin). Whatever, as long as the conversation is funny, edifying, and real. This podcast began as a vehicle for guests to explor ...
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Yes, Also

Yes, Also

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In this love letter to improv comedy, comedian Suzi Barrett deep dives with veteran improvisers about their journeys through improv, discussing the philosophies, theories, tips, lessons, and stories they’ve gathered along the way. If you’re a student of improv, you need this podcast. If you’re a superfan of improv, you’ll love this podcast. New episodes every Tuesday! For full video, bonus eps, and improv scenes with Suzi and her guests, subscribe at yesalso.supercast.com ! Email us with you ...
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Scam Goddess

Earwolf & Laci Mosley

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Scam Goddess is an award-winning comedy podcast dedicated to fraud and all those who practice it. Every episode, the Scam Goddess herself Laci Mosley (iCarly, Better Call Saul) covers the hottest scams on the streets today while also giving in-depth breakdowns of the wildest robberies, rackets, and capers throughout history. It's like true crime, but without all the death—aka True Con! Plus, Laci's always joined by hilarious guests like Conan O'Brien, Miranda Cosgrove, Jameela Jamil, JB Smoo ...
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Marvel by the Month

Bryan Stratton, Jamie Wenger, Robb Milne

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Bryan, Robb, and Jamie take a month-by-month journey into the history of Marvel Comics. Get extended episodes at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth. NEW LISTENERS: catch up quickly with the "Essential MBTM" season recap episodes! (Not affiliated with Marvel Comics.)
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Songs My Ex Ruined

Nevermind Media

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Everyone has a song that has been ruined by an ex. Each week, music journalists Courtney and Melissa sit down with a guest to discuss the one song they can never hear quite the same way again thanks to a past relationship.
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Knowing: Robin Williams

Macmillan Podcasts

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Chances are Robin Williams has made you laugh, cry -- or cry laughing! -- at least once in your lifetime. From sweaty standup riffs to sitcom mayhem as Mork from Ork, to a powerful Oscar-winning performance in Good Will Hunting, Robin was an artist who was constantly pushing his craft. But behind these displays of brilliance was an isolated and often misunderstood man. From Macmillan Podcasts, Knowing: Robin Williams takes you inside the lawless and brilliant mind of one of America’s most be ...
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My Spectacular Life! A Memoir in the Key of Storytelling is the audiobook tell all of legendary singer songwriter Thomas Rose. Using only his memories and his piano, Thomas Rose takes you on an incredible journey, going from a small town in the Midwest to the Grammy's and beyond. There are stories, bits of songs, a few deaths, it's a wild ride. It gets a bit messy, but hey, isn't life a bit messy? This is written and performed by comedian Tommy McNamara. If you like it, check out his other p ...
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Dads: The Podcast

Team Coco & Rory Scovel, Ruthie Wyatt

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Rory Scovel is an actor, comedian, and writer — but he’s picked up a new title over these last few years: DAD. Each week he and co-host Ruthie Wyatt are joined by their hilarious celebrity friends to unpack the mysteries of fatherhood, parenting and the weirdos who raised us. Full of funny stories from your favorite performers, this is a show for dads and non-dads.
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Get Stupid

Dave Ross

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Get Stupid is Dave Ross's mental health and comedy podcast. There's a big red button in front of him that makes a fart sound when he presses it, just in case he goes on a rant about depression or anxiety for too long, which he has been known to do. Not anymore, though! Now he can safely analyze his brain and rave maniacally about the chemicals that make all of our minds so sick with the knowledge that he has a fart lifeline right there to pull him out of the darkness. Digging into your menta ...
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Ronna & Beverly

Earwolf and Jessica Chaffin, Jamie Denbo

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Ronna Glickman & Beverly Ginsberg are the best-selling co-authors of You'll Do A Little Better Next Time: A Guide to Marriage and Re-marriage for Jewish Singles ("It says Jewish in the name -- but it's for everyone!"). These outspoken fiftysomethings from Boston, who can be seen regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in LA, dispense their unique brand of relationship advice while interviewing/interrogating celebrity guests. Looking for the archives? All episodes older than 6 month ...
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The entertainment industry is brimming with interesting people who are responsible for your favorite movies, TV shows, and more. Join Vox’s critic-at-large Emily VanDerWerff every Thursday as she speaks with the very well known, up-and-coming and need to know folks responsible for the most exciting projects in art, entertainment, and pop culture – diving deep into their influences, inspirations, and careers in a frank, uncensored fashion. The series finale aired in December 2018.
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Chris Gethard (The Chris Gethard Show) joins David to talk about life in the suburbs, before and after photos, and more. Catch all new episodes every Thursday. Watch video episodes here. Guest: Chris Gethard Subscribe and Rate Senses Working Overtime on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Follow David on In…
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In this week's Fraud Friday, Laci is joined by Sara Levine & Danny Murphy (Not Another True Crime Podcast) to discuss Elizabeth Swaney, who proudly made it to the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games, without doing a single trick in her sport. Plus, the FDA demanded Alex Jones stop advertising questionable dietary supplements as coronavirus treatments, th…
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Sandra Bernhard (Roseanne, The King of Comedy) joins David to talk about the joys of banking in person, Trump’s America, and more. Catch all new episodes every Thursday. Watch video episodes here. Guest: Sandra Bernhard Subscribe and Rate Senses Working Overtime on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Follow…
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Every other week, we focus on a Marvel series that sits on the fringes of mainstream Marvel continuity. The first episode of every new series that we cover is available on the public feed. The rest of the episodes are exclusive to our Patreon supporters. Not a Patron yet? Support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth for just $5 a month to get instant…
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Ready for a trip down music memory lane? On this episode, Adam hangs out with Katie and Jules from The Ting Tings to talk all about the album that shaped their sound: Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms. What’s Inside First Dire Straits Memories: Katie and Jules share how Brothers in Arms became the soundtrack to their childhoods and teen years—think ca…
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Jaime Moyer (Second City Detroit) talks about her start in Detroit, imposter syndrome, killing your internal editor, gift listening, discovering over prescribing, 10,000 hours, honoring impulses, caretaking an audience, highlighting your scene partner, celebrating weird, Planet Ant, handling your lack of references, making characters likable, and m…
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This week’s caller is a mom of two young boys doing her best to face life head-on. Her oldest son is autistic and recently diagnosed with depression. She talks with Gethard about parenting a neurodivergent child, advocating in a world that doesn’t always get it, and staying grounded through it all with warmth, humor, and zero B.S. Sign up for Beaut…
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This week, Laci welcomes Jake Halpern and Jess McHugh (Deep Cover Podcast) to discuss Boston's 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist. Several works of art worth half a billion dollars were stolen, making it the biggest property crime in U.S. history, and it’s still unsolved, with the art still missing. There’s a $10 million reward on the t…
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Our Amy Heckerling series comes to an end with 2012’s Vamps, a film produced too late to have an appropriate budget, and too early to be a streaming series. However - we find it charming! Caroline Framke returns to the podcast after 6 years (an eternity for us, but probably a blink for a vampire), and we talk about the pitfalls and pleasures of ete…
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In this week's Fraud Friday, Laci is joined by Tahir Moore (The Unhitch King, Insecure) to discuss John Darwin, a British man who faked his death and disappearance to avoid a mountain of debt. Plus, a home in Virginia was put on the market with an occupant still living in the basement. Stay Schemin’! (Originally Released 05/30/2022) CON-gregation, …
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Howard Chaykin is one of the most important and fiercely independent comics creators of the 20th and 21st centuries, and no serious historical examination of the medium or the industry would be complete without him. To promote the August release of LOST MARVELS No. 2: Howard Chaykin vol. 1, our friends at Fantagraphics put us in touch with the man …
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Singer-songwriter Lauren Spencer Smith joins Adam to talk about her biggest musical inspiration: Adele’s breakthrough album, 21. Lauren shares how hearing “Rolling in the Deep” as a kid changed everything for her, why Adele’s powerhouse vocals and honest songwriting became her comfort zone and how 21 shaped her own journey as an artist. Lauren open…
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Miles Stroth (The Family, founder of The Pack Theater), talks about his early days at Second City and iO, the paradox of “don’t think”, breaking the Harold, 3 Mad Rituals, playing to the top of your intelligence, how he accesses characters, The Pack, empowering yourself in scenes, position play, evolving "yes and", developing the movie form, his sc…
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This week’s caller is a pediatric nurse with a newborn at home, and she’s learning in real time how her job is both a blessing and a curse when it comes to new mom anxiety. She and Geth talk about sleepless nights, the emotional toll of pediatric care, and why it’s hard to turn off worst-case-scenario thinking when you’ve seen it all firsthand. Plu…
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This week, Laci welcomes Gayle King (CBS Mornings, Oprah Daily) to dive into all your scams and stories, CONgregation! Together, they explore Gayle's experience traveling to space, the hype of the Chicago pope, a listener's letter about pregnancy fraud as revenge against multiple situational relationships, and how a fake Axl Rose conned a fan into …
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Michelle Pfeiffer stars as Amy Heckerling and Paul Rudd stars as ????? in a totally normal movie that might actually be a voodoo curse made against Amy’s enemies. Oh, also Saorise Ronan makes her FILM DEBUT. What a picture! The incomparable Karen Chee joins us to talk about 2007’s I Could Never Be Your Woman, a movie that was financed by a French s…
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In this week's Fraud Friday, Laci is joined by Lady Bunny and Monét X Change (Wigstock, RuPaul's Drag Race) to discuss Amy Bock, a 20th-century con woman who famously disguised herself as a wealthy sheep farmer, convincing another woman to marry her. Plus, Goldman Sachs and Ozy Media try to work out their business relationship after someone imperso…
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Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop) joins David to talk about AI, opening other peoples’ mail, and more. Catch all new episodes every Thursday. Watch video episodes here. Guest: Michael R. Jackson Subscribe and Rate Senses Working Overtime on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Follow David on Instagram and…
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After teaching the internet what humor was in the 1990s, Seanbaby wrote for a number of publications that were all ruined by venture capitalists. He then cofounded 1900HOTDOG, the last comedy website, which delivers the hilarity on a daily basis, like the internet used to when this was a proper country. For over 90 minutes of bonus content — our co…
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Comedian and impressionist Matt Friend joins Adam to talk about the movie that sparked his comedy journey: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. In this episode, Matt and Adam dive deep into the entire Austin Powers franchise, unpacking the iconic characters, endlessly quotable gags, and the unique comedic genius of Mike Myers. Matt shares how wat…
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Monique Moses (Black Lady Sketch Show, Astronomy Club) talks about playable premises, filtering a monologue, internet paralysis, the evolution of happiness, callbacks and connections, the PIT, Astronomy Club and Black Lady Sketch Show, favorite exercises, sketch/improv hybrids, magical realism, using genre tropes to highlight absurdity, and more! S…
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This week’s caller is a medieval recreationist who sews their own centuries-old clothing and has an overactive bladder. And that’s just scratching the surface. And that’s just scratching the surface. From homemade centuries-old clothing to body stuff to one wild reveal with two minutes left, this episode is a non-stop ride through one person’s deli…
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On this very special 300th episode, Laci welcomes Wayne Brady (Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Let’s Make a Deal), Carl Tart (Grand Crew, SNL), and Oscar Montoya (Minx, Wizards Beyond Waverly Place) for a hilarious chat about all things sneakers. Wayne, Carl, and Oscar share their personal experiences with scams, including some of their first jobs. Laci …
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Blank Check is going back to the British Isles with Danny Boyle, Alex Garland, and one extraordinarily well-endowed zombie this week as they discuss 28 Years Later. This movie has so much to love in it – wet bones, third-act Ralph Fiennes, Jodie Comer doing a thing, the Angel of the North, Teletubbies, the aforementioned well-endowed zombies, mind-…
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Annaleigh Ashford (You Can’t Take It With You) joins David to talk about musicals, breast milk, and more. Catch all new episodes every Thursday. Watch video episodes here. Guest: Annaleigh Ashford Subscribe and Rate Senses Working Overtime on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Follow David on Instagram and…
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Every other week, we focus on a Marvel series that sits partially or entirely outside of mainstream Marvel continuity. The first episode of every new series that we cover is available on the public feed. The rest of the episodes are exclusive to our Patreon supporters. Not a Patron yet? Support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth for just $5 a month…
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The second and final part of Adam's recap of the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival. The Spark Parade is a podcast that dives deep into the films and albums that have inspired today’s creative icons. Hosted by Adam Unze, each episode features a unique conversation with an artist about their chosen film or album, and how it sparked their artistic journey. F…
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Dave Theune (Bangarang, St. Dennis Medical) talks about Comedy Sportz Milwaukee, the importance of seeing shows, giving scenic gifts, how to take the pressure off, abstract group games, knowing your audience, corporate shows, starting organically, silent soundtrack scenes, Groundlings, using object work to find analogies, restaurant technique, why …
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Good morning! For reasons no one can quite explain, Beautiful/Anonymous has a long and proud tradition of attracting band directors, and this week’s caller keeps the streak alive. She and Gethard talk about everything from what makes trombonists so goofy to figuring out which woodwinds are the biggest divas. Oh, and also: the time she found out her…
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This week, Laci welcomes Kevin Ninh, aka FlawlessKevin (Squid Game: The Challenge), to unpack the story behind the viral cryptocurrency SQUID — a scam that rode the wave of the first season of Squid Game on Netflix. The creators made off with approximately $2.5 million, inspiring the second season of the show to feature a crypto scammer character w…
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The song. The hat. The…casual date rape?!!? In what should have been Amy Heckerling’s “blank check” after the success of Clueless, 2000’s Loser is a real LOSER. Filmmaker Chandler Levack joins us to chat about this technically-not-a-remake-of-The-Apartment “comedy” that gets college surprisingly wrong. Come for the Wheatus talk, stay for the in-dep…
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In this week's Fraud Friday, Laci is joined by AJ Gibson and Emile Ennis Jr. (Confess Your Mess Pod) to discuss the Australian identity thief who had a clear obsession with conning cops. Plus, a California man pleads guilty to a $1.1 million art fraud scheme. Stay Schemin’! (Originally Released 09/27/2021) CON-gregation, catch Laci's TV Show, Scam …
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Nick Thune (Dave Made a Maze) joins David to talk about throwing the first pitch, getting sober, and more. Catch all new episodes every Thursday. Watch video episodes here. Guest: Nick Thune Subscribe and Rate Senses Working Overtime on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Follow David on Instagram and Twitt…
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Brian Michael Bendis gets very embarrassed whenever anyone goes on about his many, many accomplishments. So suffice it to say that he’s written many of our favorite comics, and probably a whole bunch of yours too. Join him on jinxworld.com at the Powers Level for instant access to behind-the-scenes content, archived Masterclass sessions, and much m…
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